Longhouse at SX 466 780

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LAMERTON
SX 47 NE
3/28
- Longhouse at SX 466 780

II*

Longhouse, now barn. C15 origin, probably abandoned c.1600, with some later
alterations. Slatestone rubble with greenstone dressings, short cob upper parts to
walls, remains of wheat reed thatch under corrugated iron roof. Oriented east/west
on fairly steep slope; a longhouse with hall to left and shippon to right without a
structural division between passage and shippon. The full height solid wall between
hall and passage is a later insertion and may have supported a fire hood. There is
also no partition at higher end of hall. Therefore if the house were originally
divided it would have been by low screens. A curious feature of the plan is the full
height projection at the higher end of the front.
I½ storeys, possibly raised for storage above upper end, north front has projection
to left, not clear for what purpose, and narrow opening, small square opening with
stone lintel and straight joint below, possibly originally deeper, 2-centred arched
stone door opening, chamfered with edge set slate arch, very neat masonry, later door
and corrugated iron lean-to attached to shippon end to right. Higher gable end to
left has loading door with granite cill inserted at upper level; lower gable end has
ventilation slit in stone surround and drain. Rear has stonework rebuilt at higher
and lower ends, possibly originally extended further at higher end, rear door
blocked, single light with cambered brick head inserted, 2 ventilation slits to loft
in shippon, one to right.
Interior passage open to shippon, wall to left probably inserted, no fireplace but
signs of 2 projections, possibly suggesting to a hood; hall end has keeping hole in
north wall, splayed reveals to window openings. One true cruck truss foot to south
built into cross wall, roof over lower end has 2 cut-off beams and mortices remaining
from others, 5 bays including passage, crossed principals with side-pegged collars,
battens for thatch.
This is one of the rare surviving primitive longhouses which originally had no
structural partitions. However the pointed arched door is of quite high quality. It
was particularly interesting because it was abandoned so early and shows clearly its
original plan form without later alterations. It may have been abandoned when
Cleaves, Chaddlehanger (qv) was built, 1585.
(Sources: Alcock, Dr N. : Unpublished notes 1985).


Listing NGR: SX4653477795

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Title: Source Date: Author: Publisher: Surveyor: Ordnance Survey Map used for previous sched. docs
Title: Source Date: Author: Publisher: Surveyor: Site shown on 1834 Tithe Map
Title: Ordnance Survey 1:2500 SU7173 Source Date: Author: Publisher: Surveyor:
Title: 1:2500 Map Source Date: Author: Publisher: Surveyor: Ordnance Survey 1:2500 Map
Title: Source Date: Author: Publisher: Surveyor: Ordnance Survey depiction
3804,
SMR record no. 492.00000,
SMR no. 32.00,
Second bowl barrow nearby,
Record no 01238,
Record 1052,
PRN 542,
Outer banks 3m high,
Mention size of barrow and ploughing,
Mention shale cup,
Mention profile of ditch,
Mention of no sign of ditch from AP`s,
Mention of interpretation by Witts,
Mention of investigation by Peachy,
Mention field system,
Mention find of urn on south side,
Mention enclosure of hilltop,
Mention associated features,
Interpretation of mound as a barrow,
Interpretation of prospecting pit,
Different date of E-W gullies,
Details of pottery recovered,
Details of partial excavations,
Details of external burial,
Description of the ramparts,
Description of building,
Description of barrow,

Local enquiry,
Notes on file at HPG Midlands,
NAR Card no SP95SW14,
NAR Record card no SP95SW14,
Aerial view of field sytem, Aerial view of field sytem,
4332,
4328,
South Yorks SMR (PI 372),
SMR Record no. 1022.12, 1022.13,
Shale working,
PI 333,
Recognition by OS in 1887,
PRN 2405 and 2485,
Mention survey by G E Playne 1869,
Mention site of motte and bailey,
Mention proximity to long barrow,
Mention of name of site,
Mention of interpretation of long bar,
Mention of historic references,
Mention of first identification,
Mention location of additional stones,
Mention hole in mound in 1953,
Mention find of Bronze Age pottery,
Interpretation of pillow mounds,
Mention archaeological investigations,
Incorrect suggestion of banjo encl,
Details of the fabric of Priory wall,
Details of Skinner`s excavations,
Details of pits recorded by Dymand,
Description of the barrow cemetery,
Description of barrow cemetery,
Date of finds,
Dewpond to the west of settlement,
View of feature,
MPP fieldwork by S. Gerrard,
Notes in file CB25\A (SR 102),
NAR Card no SP95SW15,
MPP fieldwork by S. Gerrard,
NMR TA0376/3/256,
3586,
Site recognised by Os in 1887,
Reference aerial photographs of ditch,
Reference to barrow cemetery,
Record no 01230,
No sign of ditch from A P`s,
Mention trace of second barrow mound,
Mention trace of ditch,
Mention reduction in barrow height,
Mention of mound on 1946 AP`s,
Mention of flint find by Westerling,
Mention of flint finds,
Mention of aerial photographs,
Mention excavations,
Mention cremations and inhumations,
Mention 1903 Ordnance Survey Map,
Mention condition,
Discussion of excavations at site,
Details of the dates of excavations,
Details of the excavations at site,
Details of finds from the site,
Description of other associated finds,
Card no 3623,
Collapse of structure,
34141,

SMR Record 230,
SMR Record 219,
NAR record SO36SW14,
Notes in file CB25/A, SR 102,
CUC BFA 22-24, CUC BFA 22-24,
Types of pottery remains recovered,
Reference to Roman structures,
Record no 1185,
Part Excavations,
Name of monument,
Mound does not extend NE,
Mention part excav. by Wessex Arch,
Mention of records from 18th century,
Mention of entrance of site,
Mention of excavations at the site,
Mention nearby long barrow,
Mention no sign of ditch,
Mention dimensions of mound,
Mention barrow name,
Find of Roman coin,
Field banks enclosing farmstead,
Details of wall south of villa range,
Details of central cist at SW end,
Detail first defences,
Card no 0356,
Best surviving medieval remains in w,
Mention size of features,
MPP fieldwork by S.Gerrard,
Depiction on Ordnance Survey Map,
RCHME,
Ordnance Survey , 541/30/3047-48,
Possible enclosure within fieldsystem,
Suggestion of early manor inside moat,
Reference to name Cadcong,
ref. 1676/0/3,
Reference to Crawford identification,
PRN 2408,
PI 288,
Mention wider cemetery,
Mention survey in 1985,
Mention OS report,
Mention of stoney patch in field,
Mention of Greenwell`s reference 218,
Mention of finds from site,
Mention location of gateway,
Mention group of 4 barrows,
Mention date of enclosure,
Mention composition of mound,
Interpretation as a RB boundary,
Footings of building,
Identification as a saucer barrow,
Details of the site name,
Details of south-eastern structures,
Details of aerial photographs,
Detail secondary defences,
Date of excavations at the site,
Card no 0516,
View of ridge and furrow,

information board in castle,
See 146456,
Details of Roman pottery from site,

CUC RC8 GH63,
Two structures identified,
Somerset SMR 33638,
SMR record no. 492.01000,
Report of mounds on aerial photograph,
Record no 1221,
PRN 4327,
PI 156,
Name of long barrow,
Mention slit trenches on mound,
Mention part excavation by Austen,
Mention of pillow mound,
Mention of hut circles within fort,
Mention of excavation hollow,
Mention name of site,
Mention finds from the site,
Mention dimensions of barrow mound,
Mention berm,
Mention barrow ditch,
Interpretation of eastern entrance,
Finds at British Musuem,
Details of well,
Details of restoration (1976),
Details of circular structure,
Detail finds of RB pottery,
Description,
Card no 0308,
Extent of field system,
MPP fieldwork S. Gerrard,
Depiction,
On site interpretative board,
NAR Card no 1645,
Size of enclosure within field system,
Olique APs and a vertical AP in SMR,
0517 AP 13A,
SMR no 1339.01.000,
Reference to hut circles in west,
Record no 148,
Record no 00186,
Originally surrounded by moat,
Mention wider barrow cemetery,
Mention 'T' shaped plan,
Mention primary inhumation,
Mention of observation by M Crooke,
Mention of finds from the site,
Mention of Greenwell`s ref no. 217,
Mention no sign of ditch from AP`s,
Mention field observtion,
Mention dimensions of barrow,
Mention berm of site,
Iron Age finds discovered by Warre,
Extensive disturbance by later sites,
Details of southern cist at SW corner,
Details of the Romano-British finds,
Details of excavations in 1874,
Description of urns found in 1925,
Date of excavations,
Card no 0517,
Record No. 01236,
Frances Griffith,
In possession of Mr Blunt (owner),
Annotation on record 6": 1 mile,
SMR Record 08203,
NAR Card no SP85SE19,
Held by Dr Canadine, The Manor House,
4333,
Report of name of field by Vlasto,
Record no 01869,
Record no 00187,
No sign of street plan,
Occurrence of graves across hilltop,
Suggestion of bailey on AP`s,
Report of name of the field by Vlasto,
Record no 01244,
Presence of similar structures to S,
PI 257,
Name of the barrow,
Name of the site,
Mention possible site of manor house,
Mention of occupation debris,
Mention of early ploughing over site,
Mention of 25 coins of Theodosius,
Mention of dry-stone revetment wall,
Mention of 17th century finds,
Mention early date for field system,
Mention barrow,
Excavation conducted before 1880,
Dissolution date of site,
Dimensions of ditch from AP evidence,
Discovery of circular footings 1873,
Details of lifting gear of well,
Details of excavations,
Detail development of site AD 200-100,
Account of hut platforms,
AP`s showing traces of field system,
15th century date of smaller tower,
Conversation with owner,
On site information,
Oblique AP file SMR, untitled series,
AP Ref No. MU CS 97,20, AP Ref No. MU CS 97,20,
Location of lynchets,

CUC BWC 024,
SMR record no. 492.01100,
Somerset 54640,
Reference to the two nearby barrows,
Record no 1051,
PRN 2417,
PRN 2426,
PI 159,
Mention structure with side extension,
Mention skeleton found in 1940-1,
Mention partial excavations,
Mention of period of occupation,
Mention of hollow-way as sunken track,
Mention of IA/RB fieldsystem,
Mention flinty mound,
Mention flag-staff,
Mention ditch of site,
Mention barrow group,
Interpretation of colonnade/portico,
Interpretation as a siegework,
Details of the structure of the site,
Details of restoration (1951-64),
Details of restoration by Joliffe,
Details of debris around well head,
Detail early IA occupation,
Derbyshire SMR (PRN 8115),
Description of appearance of site,
Extent of enclosure,
Mr R Webb, Lodge Secretary,
RCHM archive text,
NAR Card no SP70NW3,
NAR Card no SP84SW6,
4342,
Name of site,
Mention second disc barrow nearby,
Mention other fishponds,
Mention of iron ore and white clay,
Mention of sketch of burial chambers,
Mention of enclosure rubble banks,
Mention mansion at 'The Bowl',
Mention hollow in top of mound,
Mention enclosing wall/ raised area,
Mention bank (NAR rept),
Iles interpretation of a pillow mound,
Finds of surounding area,
Dimensions of column,
Details of NE chamber and contents,
Details of barrow dimensions,
Detail partial excavations of 1955,
Description of E-W gullies,
Beaker pottery at Ashmolean Musuem,
View of site,
Recent survey by RCHME,
Field survey,
notes on file CB25/A (SR Rm 102),
Total size of village/field system,
EH Mon Terrier description,
AP NMR SO4494-95, AP NMR SO4494-95,
Two stone structures,
Reference to dry stone wall on site,
Record no. 01241,
record no 070248,
Name of the bowl barrow,
No trace of ditch,
Mention wider round barrow cemetery,
Mention OS 1903 map,
Mention of survey by Dennison,
Mention of parish boundary wall,
Mention of finds from 1870 excavation,
Mention of earlier field boundary,
Mention of 1870 excavations by Lyons,
Mention mint at Cadanbyrig,
Mention collegiate college,
Mention ditch showing as a soil mark,
Mention dense vegetation,
Finds from surrounding area,
Excavation by Huntley in 1700,
Discovery of burial chamber in 1871,
Details of designers of Priory Church,
Details of 1975 excavation,
Detail size of mound,
33695,33696,33698,
Card no 0478,
Aerial photograph showing ditch,
19th century drawing in SMR file,
SMR Record 1661,
Size of terraces,
NMR 9240/3, NMR 9240/3,
CUC ARC 1-2, CUC ARC 1-2,
SMR card no 3653,
suggestion of monument as sheep encl,
Size of stone column,
Record no 00193,
Poss. early industrial significance,
Possibility of the name Portbury Hill,
Mention the name of the site,
Mention Tithe Map,
Mention revetment of mound,
Mention Roman deposits,
Mention of Greenwell reference 219,
Mention of medieval pottery at moat,
Mention of motte and bailey castle,
Mention of Greenwell record no. 216,
Mention initial composure of building,
Mention house to the east,
Mention excavations by St George Gray,
Mention field bank to the north,
Location of ditch by Wessex Arch,
Location of quarry ditch by Wessex Ar,
Heath present before const. of barrow,
Details of structure of barrow,
Details of SW chamber and contents,
Details of flintwork from the fort,
Description of NW ditch,
Description of finds made in 1925,
Construction during Civil War,
In possession of Mr Blunt (owner),
MPP site photo,
Conversation with CAO,
NAR SO36SW14,
NAR ST 87 SE 4,
Details of parchmarks at site,
Somerset 10594,
Reference to round barrow cemetery,
Record no 1166,
PRN 2425,
Oval shape in 1926,
Misinterpreted as a long barrow,
Mention ploughing of mound,
Mention size of barrow mound,
Mention other mounds within the area,
Mention of reference in Saxon Charter,
Mention of identification by Crooke,
Mention of field lynchets,
Mention no sign of a bailey,
Mention flat-topped mound,
Mention ditch,
Mention barrow mound,
Interpretation as stockpens,
Find of gold slater,
Details of tiled floor,
Details of Priory wall,
Details of central burial,
Description of avenue,
Detail dimensions of the ditch,
Date of gatehouse,
Card no 0461,
Sketchplan,
Oral with Dr T.A.P. Greeves,
Location,
RCHM archive text.,
NAR Card no SP74SE1,
Pickering, J,7757/4-8,13 7857/7,
CU ART 51 RC8 EV11,
The name of the monument,
The name of the monument,
The name of the monument,
Structure of burial chamber and finds,
Reference to Greenwell`s number 220,
Record no 358,
Priory replaced collegiate college,
PI 174,
Mention variance in size of barrow,
Mention surrounding quarry ditch,
Mention of watching brief (1939-40),
Mention of unauthorised prospecting,
Mention of historical references,
Mention of finds held at Taunton,
Mention millstream,
Mention hollow in barrow mound,
Mention destruction of barrow,
Mention Bronze Age urn,
Incorrect location,
Finds of 1885,
Details of the name of the site,
Details of size of rooms,
Details of 1953-4 excavations,
Detail of more extensive remains,
Dark ring around base of mound,
Card no 1293,
MPP fieldwork by S. Gerrard,
Discovery,
Pitstone SP 91 NW 4/149,
SMR Record 1645,
FMW record,
Total area of surviving village,
SX47SE062,
Tesserated pavement found in 1888,
Size of feature,
Record no 00194,
PI 341,
Placename associations,
Nave completed in 1234,
Mention quarry,
Mention of unburnt human remains,
Mention of wartime installations,
Mention of mutilation,
Mention of cross bank and ditch,
Mention interpretation as a hutcircle,
Mention interpretation of kitchens,
Mention excavations by Alcock,
Mention,
Heath est. before const. of barrow,
Foundation date of site,
Discovery of RB cremations and graves,
Details of finds from excavations,
Details of 14th century alterations,
Details of 14th century pottery,
Details of 1856 excavation,
Description of SE ditch,
9131,
Photographic evidence,
33834,
on display inside church,
Conversation owners,
NMR record TQ 37 NE 68,
Commemorative plaque at Priory House,
Description of samian and pottery,
CUC BSC 002/003, CUC BSC 002/003,
Tesserated pavement found in 1888,
Reference the barrow group,
Reference the barrow,
Record no 01235,
No mention by Grinsell/RCHME,
No obvious signs of ditch on AP`s,
Mention tree clump circle,
Mention of urns from chambers,
Mention of various interpretations,
Mention of artefacts from the site,
Mention of AP cropmarks to east,
Mention excavation hollow in NE,
Mention condition of barrow,
Mention condition of building,
Foundation by de Redvers in c.1150,
Discovery of RB material around well,
Discovery of RB material during 19thC,
Details of 1854 excavations,
Details of finds,
Details of 1821 excavations,
Card no 1643,
34859,
682,
Church Guide,
SMR Record No. 01528,
SMR Ref. 00231,
CUC PG8, CUC PG8,
Ancient monuments terrier,
CUC BZN 1-2, CUC BZN 1-2,

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